Medical Geology A Regional Synthesis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Selinus, Olle. (Editor), Finkelman, Robert B. (Editor), Centeno, Jose A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: International Year of Planet Earth
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Medicine.; Environmental Medicine.; Environment.; Environmental Health.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Medicine/Public Health, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3430-4

The rapidly expanding field of medical geology deals with the relationships between natural geological factors and health, both human and animal. It also aims to improve our understanding of the ways in which the geological environment has an impact on the geographical distribution of health problem...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. North America
• Jamaica, Caribbean
• Mexico, Central America
• South America
• Indian Subcontinent and Region
• China
• Japan
• Australia and Oceania
• Middle East
• Africa
• Russia and NIS
• Europe
• Case Studies: Greece, Lavrion.